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Z Press, 1987. Trade Paperback. Good. Dennis, Donna. Signed by Author. Book shows wear to covers, edge and corner wear, 1/2"" open surface tear top spine, scuffing. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Signed by author on title page below printed name, with additional inscription ""For Kirby"" and signed and dated Sept 2, 1987. 167 pages with artwork by Ms. Dennis throughout, author photo at back. Edition limited to 3000 copies. Smells slightly of Nag Champa incense. Kenward Elmslie's poetry and prose is often combined with the graphical work of other artists. A collection of his writing, Motor Disturbance (1971), won the Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry in 1971. He was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Award for Power Plant Sestina (1967) and the Ford Foundation Grant. In 1973 Elmslie began work as editor and publisher of Z Magazine and Z Press, working to promote the work of other New York School artists such as John Ashbery, Ron… Read More

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. 114 pages.

Big Sky , 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light shelf wear with a little sunning to spine and edges. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 60 pages. The author befriended Ron Padgett and poet and artist Joe Brainard; the three went on to produce The White Dove Review, a magazine that published a number of writers associated with the American midcentury avant-garde, including Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), and Robert Creeley. Mr. Gallup is author of Hinges (1965), The Bingo (1966), Where I Hang My Hat (1970), The Wacking of the Fruit Trees: A Poem in 13 Parts (1975), and Above the Tree Line (1976). Gallup stopped publishing for many years until the release of Shiny Pencils at the Edge of Things: New and Selected Poems (2001). Limited edition: 1/750 Rare.

N Y: Random House, 2003. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Signed by Alice Walker on the title page. 232 pages.

University Alabama Press, 1984. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light shelf wear, foxing at page ends. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Stanley Plumly, Miller Williams, Mark Strand, Jean Valentine, Carol Muske, Robert Penn Warren, Marvin Bell, John Ashbery, David St. John Philip Both, Heather McHugh, Robert Pack, Etc. 222 pages.

Syracuse, NY: Herb-Lore, 1947. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Burg, Prudence. Small format blue hardback: 4 3/4""w x 7 3/8""h. 214 pages. Price-clipped dust jacket. 290 illustrations, many in color. Order card from publisher laid in. Illustrations by Prudence Berg. ""Bits of herb-lore are set down to tell their own story of how from earliest days Herbs have accompanied Man--aiding him in his struggle for existence and comforting and delighting him.""

N Y: Mentor / New American Library, 1961. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 320 pages. Stated First Printing.

N Y: Doubleday Anchor, 1953. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 320 pages. Previous owner's name inside.

N Y: Everyman's Library, 1997. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards. Remainder mark. Price sticker residue on cover.

Citation Press, 1972. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book presents a collection of Aesop's fables as a dramatic vehicle for presentation. 66 ""playlets"" written expressly for elementary school classrooms, grades two to five. Plays include: Mouse and the bull, Grasshopper and the owl, Two frogs, Wolf and the lamb, Boy and the nuts, Flea and the ox, Mother lark and her babies, Peacock and juno, Hare and the tortoise, Wind and the sun, Serpent and the eagle, The heron, etc.

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2012. Trade Paperback. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 132 pages.

Adventures in Poetry, 2004. Trade Paperback. Fine. Winkfield, Trevor. Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 62 pages. Illustrated by Trevor Winkfield. Limited edition: 1/750 Kenward Elmslie's poetry and prose is often combined with the graphical work of other artists. A collection of his writing, Motor Disturbance (1971), won the Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry in 1971. He was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Award for Power Plant Sestina (1967) and the Ford Foundation Grant. In 1973 Elmslie began work as editor and publisher of Z Magazine and Z Press, working to promote the work of other New York School artists such as John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, and perhaps most extensively, Joe Brainard. Elmslie’s work with graphic artists such as Brainard combined poetry with art to emphasize their interconnectedness; his work in theatre… Read More

University of California Press, 2003. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book is in excellent condition with light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. CD is included and all 24 tracks have been tested and it plays flawlessly. 306 pages.

Belladonna, 2015. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition, new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.

N Y: New Directions, 2004. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding.

Coffee House Press, 2015. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition with Very light shelf wear only; creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Marked ""first edition"" on publisher's page.

Cayucos Books, 1974. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Crack in blue leatherette cover at spine hinge. Previous owner's embossed name stamp. 200 pages.

Wesleyan University Press, 2004. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book smells slightly of Nag Champa inscense.

N Y: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1980. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 322 pages. Faded cover; uncreased spine.

N Y: Orchard Books, 1988. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name label inside. Price-clipped dust jacket shows edge wear. Includes poems by Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, Elizabeth Bishop, Ogden Nash, Anne Sexton, John Updike, Gail Mazur, Gary Gildner, Thomas Merton, Lillian Morrison, Donald Hall, Maxine Kumin and more. 226 pages.